Microsoft Power Platform and SAP

Many companies rely on SAP for central tasks such as mapping business processes. To meet new requirements and drive innovation, you can extend your company's existing SAP environment with tools and thus continuously modernize it. Implementing this directly with SAP is often associated with high costs and a considerable need for specialized developers. The Microsoft Power Platform offers an attractive alternative for this.

The low-code environment enables fast and cost-efficient development of individual applications that automate recurring processes and prepare data transparently in dashboards and reports. At the same time, comprehensive governance safeguards your company's security and compliance requirements are protected by comprehensive governance. Bidirectional integration into the SAP environment allows processes to be more closely interlinked and data silos to be eliminated. These are important prerequisites for innovation, growth, and success.

The combination of Microsoft's low-code/no-code platform and SAP opens up new opportunities for companies to simplify processes, use data efficiently, and improve collaboration across system boundaries. This is particularly beneficial for employees without direct SAP access or for external persons.

• Improves access and integration of SAP data into workflows, especially for employees who cannot use SAP.
• The Microsoft Power Platform tools provide exactly the relevant data in an app that employees use daily.
• It enables the efficient entry of essential data into CRM via the Microsoft Power Platform and the simple extraction of data from the SAP system.
• It facilitates collaboration with external persons, as they do not need direct access to the system, and data can be transferred correctly and securely.

With Arvato Systems, you have an experienced partner at your side who can connect the Microsoft Power Platform to SAP - regardless of whether your SAP system is in the cloud or not.

Microsoft provides two powerful connectors to enable the Microsoft Power Platform to work seamlessly with SAP systems. They form the technical basis for secure and structured data exchange between the two worlds without any in-depth programming.

Which application is used depends on your company's setup: for example, whether SAP is operated locally or in the cloud, and what authentication, security, and flexibility requirements exist. The following overview will help you to understand the differences better:

These connectors open up a wide range of possibilities for integration. Arvato Systems will be happy to help you select the proper application for your setup and implement it professionally.